Having suffered my share of blisters, shoulder and backaches, and outright exhaustion at numerous conferences, I decided to attack the largest mobile show on earth with only an iPad and an iPhone in tow.

If you've waited for the Apple Watch to decide on a smartwatch, here are some things to consider in weighing whether you really need one. You'll need an iPhone 5 or newer, while the rival watches will typically work only with Android.

Middle management has long been the butt of Dilbert-style business jokes, but workers may be having the last laugh because new mobile and enterprise crowdsourcing technologies are making the concept of middle management increasingly obsolete.